Tjörn Municipality () is a municipality that covers the island of Tjörn in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Skärhamn.

Tjörn is the sixth largest Swedish island. It is located in the province of Bohuslän.

The former municipal entities on the island and adjacent islets were united to form Tjörn Municipality in 1952.

For centuries the local economy was dominated by fishing and boat building. The largest employers are still the shipping company TransAtlantic (formerly known as B&N) and the shipyards Djupviks varv and Rönnängs varv.

Geography Tjörn is connected in the east to the town of Stenungsund on the mainland by the Tjörn bridge, and in the north to the island of Orust by the Skåpesund bridge. The municipal seat is Skärhamn. Other communities, many of which are the fishing communities, include Rönnäng, Klädesholmen and Kyrkesund. The island of Mjörn, north-east of Tjörn, has large shell banks.

Localities Bleket Dyrön Klädesholmen Kyrkesund Kållekärr Myggenäs Rönnäng Skärhamn Åstol

Demographics This is a demographic table based on Tjörn Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 16,293 residents, including 12,792 Swedish citizens of voting age. 38.6% voted for the left coalition and 60.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location % % Bleket-Klädesholmen 1,251 1,049 34.2 64.8 80 92 8 29,420 46Höviksnäs-Hakenäset 2,087 1,572 44.0 55.3 83 89 11 28,938 43Klövedal 1,396 1,175 49.0 49.9 83 92 8 25,791 39Kållekärr 1,323 962 42.2 57.3 85 82 18 26,023 33Myggenäs 1,523 1,108 38.2 60.5 89 89 11 30,438 47Norra Skärhamn 1,654 1,316 36.0 63.0 80 85 15 26,373 41Rönnäng 1,989 1,545 31.2 67.9 85 90 10 27,048 37Stenkyrka 1,445 1,113 39.8 59.3 86 90 10 28,191 35Södra Skärhamn 1,938 1,598 30.9 68.6 84 90 10 28,964 42Valla 1,687 1,354 43.6 55.5 87 88 12 29,029 41Source: SVT

Tourism

During the summer, the population swells from 10,000 to 20,000 to 30,000 as vacationers arrive for yachting and swimming. Skärhamn has an ample guest harbour to accommodate yachters travelling along the Swedish west coast. The town of Skärhamn is the location of the Nordic Watercolour Museum (Akvarellmuseet).

See also Tjörn Hundred

References

External links

Official site